| Reap what you sow: Turning prisoners into farmers |
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| Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:54 | |||
 Inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison on Grand Turk are being given a new perspective on life, starting to look at things from the ground up. Thanks to support from the Ministry of Finance and from OTIS construction, which provided machinery to help clear the lands, the prison has revived and expanded its prison farm. The project involves the planting food crops, rearing chickens, goats and pigs, and classroom training in animal husbandry and horticulture. “The ministry is delighted to be supporting this initiative,” said Barbara Higgs, under secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety. “Reintroducing this farm is offering rehabilitative and job training skills to inmates whilst further exemplifying the principles of food security such as inmates feeding themselves. “Inmates growing food for themselves nourishes responsibility and rehabilitation, and they receive skills that are appropriate to the environment they will be returning to. Prisoners can start to produce wholesome food, earn their keep, learn skills and improve work habits — all of which helps them stay out of prison in the future — an initiative worth supporting.” Additional benefits of the project will be education to the community of what can be grown on Grand Turk.
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2011 12:05 |
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